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Premier League footballer Jack Grealish has been convicted for failing to identify the driver of his £210,000 Lamborghini after it ran a red light in Liverpool last September. The 30-year-old received six penalty points on his driving licence and faces a total court bill of £1,044 following a closed-door hearing at Liverpool Magistrates Court last week. The legal setback coincides with a season-ending foot injury that has cut short his loan spell at Everton.
The traffic incident occurred at 11.36pm on September 12, 2025, on Leeds Street at Vauxhall Road on the outskirts of Liverpool city centre. The distinctive sky blue sportscar was caught on camera passing through a traffic signal 1.4 seconds after it had changed to red, the night before Grealish played for Everton in a Premier League match against his former club Aston Villa.
Merseyside Police sent letters to properties in Manchester in September and to Grealish's £5.6 million Cheshire home in November requesting identification of the driver. When Grealish failed to respond, police withdrew the original red-light charge but prosecuted him for failing to provide driver information. Magistrate Paul Farquhar handed down a £660 fine, plus £120 in costs and a £264 victim surcharge. Grealish did not enter a plea in the case.
Kevin Scott, safer roads unit manager for Merseyside Police, told the court: «At 11.36pm on September 12 2025, a Lamborghini motor vehicle… was travelling along Leeds Street/Vauxhall Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, when it passed the traffic signal 1.4 seconds after it had changed to red.» Scott added that Grealish had «failed to comply» with police requests to identify the driver.
Season-Ending Injury
Grealish's legal troubles compound recent setbacks on the pitch. The England international posted an Instagram image from a hospital bed this week after undergoing surgery for a stress fracture in his foot, confirming his 2025/26 season with Everton is over. «Didn't want the season to end like this but that's football, gutted,» he wrote.
The attacking midfielder joined Everton on loan from Manchester City this season. His £100 million transfer to City in 2021 made him the most expensive British player ever at the time. Grealish was among 2,101 defendants prosecuted and convicted last week for failing to identify a driver, with fines ranging from £1 to £1,000.
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